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Object, in particular a plate and process for manufacturing such an object

EP 0338047 B1 · Applicant: HOFMANN, Simone

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  • Filed October 14, 1988 and granted April 29, 1992. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 2008.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 14, 2014.
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FiledOctober 14, 1988
PublishedOctober 25, 1989
GrantedApril 29, 1992
Term endedOctober 14, 2008
Application numberEP 88908943
Classification (CPC)B29C44/10 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedOct 14, 1988PublishedOct 25, 1989Patent grantedApril 29, 1992Term endedOct 14, 2008

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